A two-day GWU contest for aspiring innovators drew creative ideas that included in-flight hypnosis as an airline perk, a nationwide chain of hip-hop theme restaurants, and scavenger hunts for kids at the National Mall. Trey Sutten suggested a prepaid taxi fare card as a way to reduce drunk driving.

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Social determinants —the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age — greatly influence patients’ health outcomes. This and several other disruptive trends are set to affect managed care.

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“Social determinants of health are taking a while to catch on with managed care leaders because supporting them is challenging due to cost and regulatory barriers,” says Trey Sutten. “However, that is changing because they have such a significant impact on health outcomes, which makes social determinants a disruptive trend to watch.”